Enough with the slideshows already....

[TommyGunn]

Hey NJ.com / Ledger / APP / whoever. Enough with the slideshows already. Lazy journalism. Just a bunch of nonsensical bullet points thrown together that are mere click bait with no real story or message behind it. Pure garbage...

 

[Rutgerscc]

Why do you people still give NJ.com clicks.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

You should create a sideshow to express how much you hate sideshows.

 

[FanuSanu52]

Slideshows are the worst but they aren't going anywhere. Take one story and break it into many page views.

 

[S_Janowski]

The slideshows hardly ever work and usually they stuff a bunch in there that have nothing to do with the title of the article.

I still read nj.com articles here and there but refuse to click on the slideshows.

Journalism is turning into a sad profession.

 

[cicero grimes]

I used to spend a lot of time on the site but between the slide shows and the trolls I really only go over for the recruiting stuff.

 

[RUSK97]

Nj.com is crap. That is all.

 

[RUinPAC10land]

Nj.com is crap. That is all.

I agree but Todderick is the exception.

 

[Queztastic]

I agree but Todderick is the exception.

I don't click on the slideshows, but I recall Todderick writing somewhere that he has no choice and nj.com requires that he do a certain # of slideshows.

 

[CornerTavern]

Subscribe to scarlet nation premium, problem solved!

 

[Upstream]

Slideshows are the worst but they aren't going anywhere. Take one story and break it into many page views.

This. Why get one page view when you can get 16 with a slide show. Even if people close the page after the 4th slide, you still got 4 clicks instead of one.

 

[brodo]

Here is a recent exchange I had with Ryan Dunleavy:

@rydunleavy I disagree with nj.com's horrible use of a slideshow [URL='https://mobile.twitter.com/Brodo17/status/769993459809808384']in many posts. Please stop this heinous practice.[/URL]
https://mobile.twitter.com/Brodo17/status/769993459809808384
And his reply:

They are part of the job in journalism today at many major websites. Not going anywhere. Sorry.

 

[Knight Shift]

App.com does not have slideshows, but with every Rutgers story they love to keep the same photo or video above/embedded in the story for weeks. The current one is a video of the Michigan tailgates, with the snark Jerry Carino's quip "They had ping-pong tables branded with the Michigan logo. That's all you need to know about the football tailgate scene at High Point Solutions Stadium. Jerry Carino"

http://www.app.com/story/sports/col...essons-not-needed-rutgers-receivers/92376992/

 

[rubaseball78]

Hey NJ.com / Ledger / APP / whoever. Enough with the slideshows already. Lazy journalism. Just a bunch of nonsensical bullet points thrown together that are mere click bait with no real story or message behind it. Pure garbage...

Don't they award Pulitzer's for slide shows?